Railway car



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UNTED STATES PATENT OFFlClF..

WILLIAM E. WINE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

RAILWAY CAR.

Application filed June 13,

My invention relates to the construction of railway ears and especially to those in which hinged doors are employed for closing hoppers through which the lading o'i the car is discharged.

A primary object ot the invention is. to embody improved iteatures of construction in the car doors and in portions -o't the car body adjacent theieto.

Another principal object oiI the invention is to provide improved means :tor forcing car doors to fully closed position from a position oi partial closure.

ylh-ev principal feature olf the invention, generally stated, consi` is in extending the sides of a railway car downwardly below the hinged doors closing the discharge openings in the car, portions ot the sides adjacent the free edges oli' the doors being cut away so that said sides at such points extend only slightly below the planes oi the doors, and the doors being provided with supporting arms respectively extending outwardly bevond the plane oit the neighboring portion lof the car side adjacent the tree edge of the door. il further feature of the invention consists in providing a hinged door with a door supporting armhaving iormed therein a plurality oit apertures either oi which is adapted to receive a removable door prying` lever'. @ther features oil' the invention residing in particularconstructions and in advantageous Combinations oic parts will hereinafter appear and be particularly pointed out in the claims.

in the drawings illustrating a pre ieri'ed form oi the invention:

Figure l is a side elevation oi a portion of a railway car embody the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional. fie/w on the line 2*2 oi' Figure l, showing also in dotted lines certain clearance outlines and lil which control the dimensions ot cars on many railroads and beyond which it is not permissible for the car to extend.

lin the construction illustrated in the drawings l. indicates the main portion oi the car side. Along the lower edge ot the side plate i and on the inner tace thereof is secured a bottom flange angle 2 whose projecting leg 8 extends inwardly toward the center ot the car. Secured to the inner tace ofi' the car side l somewhat above the a, sidrsheet extension ll'.

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1923. Serial No. 645,145.

The plate Ll is bent inwardly to pass over the inner edge or' the projecting leg 3 of the lange angle and entends downwardly from said leg in a plane which is preferably substantially parallel to the general plane of the side l but somewhat nearer the longitw dinal airis oi' the car than is the portion oi' the car side which is above it.. Car stakes or vertical stiifeners 5 may be secured to the outer face of the car side, the lower ends of said stakes preferably being disposed in overlapping relation to the vertical leg of the -flange angle 2. The lower edge ot the side plate extension i is preferably provided with an outstanding marginal flange 6 servn ing to stillen the lowermost portion of this part of the car, both vertically .and laterally.

The car illustrated is oi the hopper bottom type provided with a plurality ot hoppers. The structural details or only lone oi these hoppers at one side of the center line of the car is illustrated in the drawings, but it is to be understood that the construction oic the several hoppers is identical on both sides ot the car. These hoppers are formed with transversely extending troughshaped hopper plates 7 having end flanges 8 lying against the inner tace of the plate l and secured thereto by means of rivets 9. Brace plates l0 ot angular 'form may extend across the lower edges of the hopper' plate T for the purpose ot stiiiening the latter.

To close the hopper discharge openings` between the longitudinally spaced lower edges 11 oi: adjacent hopper plates 7, two hinged doors l2 are preferably employed for each opening, the doors being arranged in pairs and being hinged along their remote edges, at 13, to the lower edges oit the. hopper plate 7 and to the flanged brace plates l() by means of suitable body and door hinge members le and l5, respectively. The doorslQ may advantageously be constructed ot steel plates haring downwardly extending marginal stiii'ening flanges. The man ginal flanges 16 at the sides of the doors are reduced in height -or cut away somewhat adjacent the free edges oi the doors to enable the arms by which the doors are supported to project outwardly beyond the adjacent portion ot the car side without requiring said arms to be unduly oiifset or spaced from the plane of the door 12. The doors ot' nach pair are preferably inclined so that. their adjacent tree edges are at a slightly lower elevation than their hinged edges, the hinge pintles 13, which extend transversely olf the car, beinghigher above the rails than are the tree @dires olf the doors. When both doors ot' a pair are closed their 'tree edges stand closely adjacent each other and, if desired, may be arranged to come into actual contact. The free edges of the closed doors are disposed slight-ly zbove the line ot the bottom edge or lower marginal flange ol. the side sheet extension et.

The doors l2 may extend entirely across the car beneath the ordinary center sill construction. or the lioppers may be arranged to provide arropeningr for the center sills. lloth ot these forms of construction are well known in the art and the invention is equally applicable to either. In either form ot construction itis customary to employ a Stift eninar beam, such as 17, which is secured to the door near the 'tree edge thereof. ln the illustrated embodinient ol my invention the beam 17 is ot bulb angle form, its short lear engaging the undersuri'iace of the door and its long leg outstanding therefrom. The .st-iifening member 17 is preferably disposed so that one ot its legs projects outwardly from the underside ot the door in spaced relation to the tree edge ot' the latter. while its other leg, which engages and is secured to the door, extends away from the door hinge toward the `tree edge of the door. The bulb angle 17 may be of heavy section and preferably is ot less length than the full width of the c ar. Secured to the outer ends of the member 17 are door arms 18 which project. outwardly beyond the plane of the side `plate, extension 4. These door arms are preferably ot' somewhatless weight per foot than thebulb angle stilleners 17 and may conveniently be in the l'orm ot angle irons. One leg of each of the angle irons 1S liesagainst and secured to the hach ot the corresponding hnlbiangjle 17, while the other leg of the angle engages the under surtace of the adjacent door plate l2 and is rigidly secured thereto. Toward their outer ends the door arms 1S are bent or angled downwardly away from the door so as to project outwardly beneath the lower edge ol the neighboring portion ot the car side extension plate il. The r'iutzermost ends of the flanged door a rms lt-l preteralily extend in a general horizontal direction so that thc up per Hongos 19 ot said arms are disposed jiarallel to the planes of the doors to which they are respectively connected. The flanges 19 of the extension angle irons or door arms 18 form ledges or seats adapted to be engaged by door supporting hooks 20 pivotally mounted `upon the side of the car. These hooks, the construction of which is now well known in the art and therefore need not be described in detail, are pivoted to the` car side plate Ll by rivets 2l passingr through suitable pivot baclets 22 which themselves are rigidly riveted to the said extension plate. It desired, rotatable locking cams may be provided :tor maintaining the hooks 20 in locked position.

ln order that the door arms i8 may be positioned for advantageously cooperatingl with the hooks 20, the lower portions o the side plate extensions l are notched or cut away, as at 24, so that the lower edges ol? said plates l in the neighborhood ot the center ol4I the hopper. substantially follow and 'are parallel with the planes ol the cooperatin'.T doors when the latter' are in closed position, the lower edges olE the side plates beiner preferably slightly below the planes of the doors. By this nieans the angle iron door arms t8 may be, extended outwardly beyond the side plates elwithout ,greatly olisetting them and hooks ot comparatively short length may be employed. lsl'oreorer. the notches 24 ot the side plate extensions el result in eliminating; the stillening Hannes l ol said plates in the vicinity ot the door supportingr hooks, thus pernlittine` the latter to swing in a plane closely adjacent the plate l and thereby reducingT the bending strains upon the door arms 18. To conlpcnsate 'lor the` removal of the marginal ilanajc in the Vicinity of the hooks. a llangzcd stitleniug men'iber Q5, prelieralily formed from angle iron, is rigidly secured to the inner 'tace oit each side plate extension lf hy means ot rivets 2G. The angle iron is bent so as to provide inclined portions corres]mndin; r to the planesl o'lI the adjacent: doors. rlhe projecting leg ot' the anale iron 25 extends inwardly toward the center oi. the ear and preferably constitutes a seat or shoulder beneath which the outer edges of the doors l2 stand when in closed position.

With doors ot the character herein disclosed it is j neferable that means be provided tor sustaining them in partly closed position as well as in 'lully closed jmsitiou.

and that means he provided 'lor forcing lhcin to 'lully clo'ed position From their partially closed position. lu the present instance. the .supjliortinn' hooks 2l) are respectively provided with supporting' ledges ifi' l'or engaging the outstatuflingllaugges lll ol the door arms to maintain the doorsl fully closed. and said hooks are also furnished with auxiliary or preliminar),l supporting; ledges 28 with which the said llamo-s ol' the door arms cooperate to support the doors in partially closed position. The doors` are usually closed by lirst swingingf then] upwardly until the auxiliary ledges 2S ol the hooks may he brought into supporting;r entfernen-tent with the door arms i8. this pre liminary portion of the closing movement' beiner easy ot accomplishment. As the tinal closino; movements of the doors can only be llll'l llo lil)

eil'ected by the application ot considerable force, ineans are preferably provided 'for enabling al removable lever to be employed tor prying the doors lroin partly closed to hilly closed position. ln a car construction involving certain ieatures of iny invention, it inay be advantageous to provide tulcruin means lor the removable door prying lever ot the character disclosed in Patent No. 1,4%(),280 granted December 26, i922, to lll. lt. Creinean, each ot the door arins 1S being lorined at its outer end with an aperture 2l) through which a reinovable lever or pryingbar (not shown) niay be inserted lor 'forcing one or the other oi the doors to closed position. rlhe lever receiving apertures 29 are preterably disposed in substantial alineinent longitudinally ot the car.

ln oar construction of the present type it not infrequently happens that the use ot a prying lever in conjunction with lever receiving apertures .29 in the nianner conteni plated in the Creinean patent, above reieri-ed to, is rendered impossible because certain parts olz the car interfere with the necessary movement ot the lever. ln the present embodiment ot iny invention, for exainple, the insertion ot the door prying lever through the holes 29 would result in causing the lever to contact with the flange 6 at the lower edge of the side plate extension fl. Such an occurrence inigh well cause personal injury to the traininan. ln order to overcome any such di'liiculty oit operation ot the removable pryingbar, each door arm ld, in addition to being provided with the holes 29, is provided with a lever receiving hole 30, the holes 29 and 30 ot each arin being` in spaced relation and the holes preierably being in alineinent with each other. llliith such a construction the removable door prying lever inay be entered through the hole 29 ot one arin and extend into the hole l0 ot the adjacent arin, thus causing the lover to stand iu au obliquo position .auch that its outer ond will extend mitwardly away ,troni the ear and come withiu 'onvenient reach ot the u'orltinan.

'lhe 'lneiierred .torni ot car construct-ion herein disi'tlosed, involving the oitsetting oli the side plate extension trein the general plane ol the car side l, aswell as notehing ol' the side plate extensions at points adjacent the door supporting` hooks "2U, permits the hooks to be applied closely against the enter Vlaces olf the respective plates Lil and also enables a car of this general type to be constructed without exceeding the available clearance limits.

1What l claiin l. A railway car having a side with portions oit its lower edge extending in a substantially horizontal plane, a hinged door torniing a closure for the discharge openingin the door ot said ear, the plane ot the door being above the plane of the horizontal portions ot the lower edge ot the car side and said car side being formed near the tree end of the door with a notch extending adjacent to the plane otl said door, a door arm atlixed to the door and extending outwardly beyond the plane or' the car side at the notched portion of the latter, and a door supporting member pivotally niounted upon the ear side and adapted to co-operate with said arni for supporting said door.

2. A railway oar having a floor, a side eX tending below said iloor and provided at its lower edge with a marginal flange, a door in the floor of the car, the plane oit the door being angularly disposed with respect to the plane of the said marginal flange, a `door supporting ineinber pivoted upon the car side, and an arin Carried by said door and extending outwardly troni the edge thereof and adapted to be supportingly engaged by Asaid supporting nieinber, said inarginal liange being interrupted adjacent said supporting member.

3. it .railway car having a side and a floor, the said side extending slightly below the lines of the floor and being provided with a marginal flange along its lower edge, a door in said floor, a door supporting ineinber pivoted upon the car side and adapted to support said door, said marginal flange being interrupted to clear said supporting ineinber, an arin carried by the door and ei;- tending outwardly troni the edge thereof, said arin being adapted to cooperate with said supporting ineinber to support said door in closed position, and a rein-forcing member attached to the inner Jface of the car side to reinforce the latter at the point where the said marginal flange is interrupted.

4l. A railway car having a side and a floor, the said side extending slightly below the lines oit the tloor and being provided with a marginal flange bordering its lower odge, a door in the floor of the Car, a door supporting niernber pivoted upon the car side, said car side being notched adjacent said door supporting ineinber and said marginal flange being interrupted so as to clear said pivoted supportingr member, an arin carried by the door and extending outwardly troni the edge thereot` and adapted to co operate with said pivoted supporting nienr ber to support said door, said arin extending beneath the notched portion of the car side and projecting outwardly beyond said side1 and a reinforcing ineinber attached to the inner tace ot the said side to reinforce the latter at the notched portion thereof.

5. A railway ear having a side, a tloor having' a discharge opening therein, a pair of inclined doors hinged to the car body and adapted to close said discharge,opening, door arms respectively.secured to said doors and extending outwardly beyond the car side, and means movably mounted upon the "ar sidefor cooperating with the respective arms to maintain said doors in closed position, the lower edge ofV said side adjacent the free edges of said doors being inclined to correspond substantially to the inclination oi' said doors, and the said side being provided. at its lower edge with stiifening means, portions of which entend in opposite directions with respect to the plane of the said side or" the car.

G. A. railway car having a side, a floor, a hinged door swinging on an axis extending transversely ot the car, the plane of said door being slightly above the bottom edge ot' the said car side and' said side being 'termed with a notch extending towardsaid door, a. door supporting member movably mounted upon the car side, and a door arm aiiied to the door, the said arm extending beyond the plane of the car side at the notched portion thereofv and being adapted to cooperate with said door supporting member to support said door.

7. A railway car involving a door hinged lo the car body, an arm carried by said door, and means for cooperating with said arm to support said door, said arm being provided with a. plurality of means for alternatively receiving and cooperating with a removable door prying lever.

S. A railway car involving a door hinged to the car body, anarm carried by said door and extending outwardly therefrom, and means for cooperating with said arm to support said door, said arm being provided with a plurality of apertures adapted alternately to receive a removable door prying lever.

9. A railway car involvinga door hinged to the car body, and an arm carried thereby, said arm being provided adjacent one ofthe edges of said door with a plurality of means adapted alternately to receive and cooperate with a removable door prying lever.

l0. A railway car involving a door hinged to the ear body, and an arm carried by said door and extending outwardly therefrom, said arm being provided adjacent one ot' the edges of said door with a plurality of apertures adapted alternately to receive a re movable door pryinglever.

ll. A railway car involving a door hinged to the car body, and an arm carried by and extending outwardly from said door1 said arm being provided with a plurality of aper- (tnes adapted alternately to receive a removable door prying lever, said apertures being spaced in the direction of the hinge axis of said door.

l2. A railway car involving a pair of door-s hinged to the car body and having their free edges adjacenteach other when said doors are closed, and arms respectively carried by saiddoors and extending outwardly therefrom near the tree edges there oi", each ot said arms being provided with a plurality of apertures adapted to receive a removable door prying lever.

13. A railway lar involving a pair ol doorsl hinged to the car body and having their iree edges adjacent each other when the doors arc in closed position, and arms respectively :1rried byrsaid doors and extending outwardly therefrom near the 'free edges thereot, each of said arms being provided with a plurality of apertures adapted to receive a removable door prying lever, the respective apertures in each arm being at dill'erent distances i'roul the center line ot the ear.

lil. A railwajF car involving a pair ol' doors hinged to the car body and having their free edges adjacent each other when the doors are closed, and arms extending outwardly from said doors near their :tree edges, each of said arms being provided with an aperture and with an opening forming a lever seat spaced inwardly from said aperture, and the said aperture of either arm and the said lever seat of an adjacent arm being adapted simultaneously to cooperate with a removable door prying lever.

l5. A railway car involving a pair ol doors hinged to the car body, the .free edges o1'1 said doors being adapted to stand adjacent each other when the doors are closed, and arms respectively carried by said doorsl and extending outwardly therelroiu near the free edges thereof, each of said arms being provided with an aperture adapted to receive a removable door prying lever, said apertures being in spaced relation such that one oi' them is closer to the center line of the car than is the other.

16. A railway car involving a side sheet, a. door having a discharge opening therein, and a pair of hinged doors tor closing said opening having their lree edges adjacent each other, an arm carried by each door and extending outwardly beyond the side .sheet to cooperate with door supporting members, the doors being above the plane ot the lower edge of the side sheet, and the side sheet being notched adjacent the free edges ot the doors to receive the said door arms.

17. A railway ear involving a side sheet. a iloor having a discharge, opening therein, and a pair of doors hinged at their remote edges and having their 'tree edges adjacent each other to close said opening.` the doors being above the bottom edge ol' the side sheet, the side sheet being mitchell adjacent the said free edges ot' the doors, and lne-aus for supporting the doors in closed position.

18. A railway car involving a side sheet, a hopper, and a pair of doors tor the hopper having their free edges adjacent each other when the doors are in closed position. the bottom edge oi the side sheet being disposed lill) in a plane below the free edges of the doors, and being notched adjacent the free edges of the doors.

19. A railway ear involving a Side sheet, a hopper, and a hinged door for the hopper, the bottom edge out the side sheet being disposed in a plane below the lower edge of the door, an arm carried by the door and extending outwardly beyond the side sheet, and means movable into engagement with the said arm Yfor supporting the door in closed position, the said bottom edge of the side sheet being notched to receive the door arm so as to permit the said means to engage the door arm at a point above the general plane of the bottomedge of the side sheet.

20. A railway car having a side and a Hoor, a hinged door in the ioor of the ear for Controlling the discharge of lading there from, and means for supporting the door in Closed position involving a movable member and a iXed member, one oi said members being Carried by the door and the other by the ear, the lower edge of the car side being disposed below the door opening and being notched so as to permit the saidmovable member to move into door supporting engagement with the iXed member at a point above the general level of the lower edge of the side sheet.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature.

lVlLLIl-illl E. WINE. 

